Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Good Choice!

While out to lunch with a friend, I order nachos (boring, I know). The waiter responds with a huge smile and exclaims, "Good choice!" When I add some guacamole, he cries, "You go, girl!" When I order iced-tea, he sounds equally enthused about my excellent choices. When my friend orders her sandwich, he compliments her on her fine taste: "Good choice!"

We find ourselves laughing and loving his enthusiasm about what great choices we've made.

"I obviously don't get enough affirmation," I say to my friend. "I think I need people telling me I've made good choices more often!"

It feels so good just to have someone, even a complete stranger, affirm that I've made a good choice.

How simple to have someone affirm a choice! I realize this: As a wife, mother, friend, and teacher, I make what seems like a million choices a day. Nobody sees them; nobody affirms them. What if they did? I want to affirm today all those choices we make in any given hour and say, "Good choice!"

5 comments:

Roberta Beach
said...

In junior high, a long time ago, I went into a Baskin-Robbins of the 31 flavors. After looking over all, I somewhat sheepishly asked for vanilla (my all time favorite ice cream). The counter man surely was related to your waiter as he responded "Not 'just vanilla' - fabulous, scrumptious, flavorful, delicious creamy white vanilla!" I completely enjoyed that ice cream cone, never forgetting his affirmations. How simple and yet how effective to hear and to give.

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